Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
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Rubbish not collected again
Still only another 9 years of this contract !
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Guest 3925- Registered: 28 Nov 2020
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Keith Sansum1 wrote:Which famous politician Andy?
They are not that famous, locally possibly......
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
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What about the DDC asking people not to complain as they already know how badly there doing !!
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Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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I have received an email from the Director and a cabinet member.I m confident now that the situation will be resolved .
Pablo- Registered: 21 Mar 2018
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Sue, I don’t think it’s in the council’s power to resolve the situation without revisiting the waste contract and totally rewriting it, which will cost money. They need more trucks and more people to do the job properly. Or give Veolia the sack and re-tender the whole of waste services, perhaps combining the collection and disposal contracts. The present arrangement where Veolia collect the waste and Biffa dispose of it is ridiculous and leads to inefficiencies. Examples: Veolia trucks queue up at the Whitfield tip waiting to dump their load. Biffa weigh then in and out and send them a bill for disposal.
All plastic taken to the tip goes to landfill because Biffa won’t recycle it.
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Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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I’m not at liberty to say but I’m sure serious talks are going on.
Reginald Barrington
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 17 Dec 2014
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Pablo wrote:perhaps combining the collection and disposal contracts. The present arrangement where Veolia collect the waste and Biffa dispose of it is ridiculous and leads to inefficiencies.
While KCC are responsible for disposal and DDC collections that won't change.
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Arte et Marte
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- Location: Dover
- Registered: 22 Jul 2016
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Pablo wrote: Veolia trucks queue up at the Whitfield tip waiting to dump their load. Biffa weigh then in and out and send them a bill for disposal.
All plastic taken to the tip goes to landfill because Biffa won’t recycle it.
Are you saying that kerbside-collected plastic ends up in landfill?
(Not my real name.)
ray hutstone- Registered: 1 Apr 2018
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Sue Nicholas wrote:I’m not at liberty to say but I’m sure serious talks are going on.
The usual 'secret squirrels' while the taxpayer is left hoping for a hint of acceptable service.
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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If contracts are being negotiated it would.not be in the public domain .
ray hutstone- Registered: 1 Apr 2018
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Sue Nicholas wrote:If contracts are being negotiated it would.not be in the public domain .
So you're not a member of the public then, Sue? Or is there some quasi-privileged status that permits entry to the secrets squirrels drey?
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 6,025
I just write a polite email .
Pablo- Registered: 21 Mar 2018
- Posts: 614
110, No, Veolia have their own recycling arrangements, it’s only the landfill waste that gets taken to the tip.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
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Ok so we are even more in the dark as secret e mails are flying about .
In the present climate that just makes the situation even more of a joke more so when when an Ex clkr and yes ex is the word decides to announce shes holding secret info but doesn't want to share it .
Better to have said nothing
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Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Keith I’m not with holding information.I politely stated I had received an email from A Director and a cabinet member.Im not privy to any information that you your could have received..I don’t need you to continue stir .
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ray hutstone- Registered: 1 Apr 2018
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Sue Nicholas wrote:Keith I’m not with holding information.I politely stated I had received an email from A Director and a cabinet member.Im not privy to any information that you your could have received..I don’t need you to continue stir .
I don't think anyone is stirring anything, Sue. The point is that when a council run service fails as badly as DDC's has done, then it is in everyone best interests to share information with the tax payers as soon as it is sufficiently commercially safe and reliable to do so. That's essential to managing expectations.
If your director and cabinet members chums don't see this as their responsibilty then that's rather worrying.
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Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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I merely sent an email to DDC which anyone can do .I was content to understand they are trying to resolve the situation .
Paul Gee- Registered: 30 Oct 2016
- Posts: 23
People are rightly complaining about rubbish collections which is nothing short of shambolic but the DDC are also falling well short when it comes to grass cutting as well and not keeping to agreements.
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,931
Your correct Paul
The contract is a mess
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Guest 3925- Registered: 28 Nov 2020
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Phew, after not collecting our bins last week for a few days, this week they just left the food bins
things are getting better
